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580 Correction of Dr. Jones, on the Damp in Coal Mines. [Jan. 1, 
yean isthe son of agrocer, at Paris ;: 
Marshal Lefebvre is the son of an inn- 
keeper; ,General Vandamme was a 
taylor in Brabant; and a great majority 
of the rest were of the same description. 
Napoleon endeavours, by every spe- 
cies of artificial attention, to acquire and 
yetain the good-will of his army. He 
never suffers an officer to strike a sol- 
dier, on any pretence whatever; their 
punishments are through the medium of 
shame, privations, or death. In England, 
the citizen and soldier run parallel in 
their interests ; hut.in France, the sol- 
dier is paramount in authority to the ci- 
tizen: and this partiality is, perhaps, 
necessary ina gavernment which owes 
the acquirement and consolidating of its 
power to the zeal and fidelity of the na- 
tional armies. 
His ambition is boundless, and seems 
to swell in proportion as it is exposed ! 
If it is asked—Has he any political ene- 
mies in France? I would answer, truly, 
many: but the well-conducted system of 
his government, precludes all opposition 
to his will; and even those enemies are 
becoming less numerous every day, as the 
brilliancy of his career neutralizes the 
enmity of those who deprecate his power, 
by making their national vanity a party 
to his personal renown. 4 
Hoxton, Nov. 27, 1809, “i 
For the Monthly Magazine. 
PLANS of REFORM in the REPRESENTA= 
TION of the COMMONS in PARLIAMENT. 
yee eee No. Il, 
Plan of the Yorkshire Commitice of 
Association. 
TRANSCRIBE this plan also from 
that treasury of political facts and 
principles, the Political Papers, chiefly 
respecting Reformation in Parliament, 
published by the Rev. Charles Wyvill, 
Chairman of the Yorkshire Committee 
of Association. 
Resolutisns, at a Meeting of the Com- 
mittee of the county of York, 25th of 
March, 1780. | 
2. That there be sent to the House of 
Commons, in addition to the present 
representatives of counties, a number of 
members not less than one-hundred, to 
be chosen, ina due proportion, by the 
several counties of the kingdom of Great 
Britain. ait 
8. That the members of the House of 
Commons be triennially elected to serve 
in Parliament. 
"5. That obtaining a law for taking the 
suffrages of the People, in such a mode 
as to prevent both expense in election, 
and the operation of undue influence 
therein, is necessary towards securing 
the freedom.of Parliament. . 
COPING (0 GARDEN WALLS. 
_ Such copings are made in this county 
ia white Woolpit brick, little ‘inferior, 
in beauty to Portland stone. They are 
_of two forms ; semicircular, or rather 
elliptic, with little eccentricity, and the: 
half or (bisection) of an hexagon. Both 
necessarily want the advantage of being 
free from joints, which your correspond= 
ent’s plan provides: but on the other 
hand, they perfectly turn off water, and 
protect the wall; and they are free from 
the disadvantage of projecting ledges. 
As to joints, were mortar always used 
after the Roman manner, when perfectly 
hot,* and sprinkied immediately with 
sand, the joints would be as strong, or 
stronger, than any other part of the work, 
METEOR. 
On the 12th of October, about 104 
p. 8, P.M. I saw a brilliant meteor, 
about 40° S. of 2, which descended in 
a perpendicular direction towards the ho- 
rizon, from an altitude of about 14°. 
theretrom: white, light, and .ircular ap. 
pearance; no train, no explosion, no 
sparks. Your’s, &c. 
Nav. 3, 1809. Carpet Lorrr, 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
@ R. Jones’s intention, as it appears 
| # by his communication in your last 
Number, is very laudable. It is indeed 
much to be lamented, that so many bes 
should annually be Jost in procuring such 
a valuable article to society as coal: 
and it would be congenial to the feelings 
of the friends of humanity, if effectual 
means could be adopted for a perfect 
ventilation of the caal-mines; or a test 
discovered to forewarn the miners of 
their dangers, that they might have time. 
to escape from their perilous situations, — 
Dr. Jones sets out by giving a tolerable | 
description of the inflammable gas of 
coal-mines; stating that, “it is hot uns 
usual for the gas to take fire from the 
lighted candles attempted to be intro- 
duced into the work: the damp on such 
occasions burns with a blue flame; exe 
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* See Watson’s Chemical Essays. : 
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